LET PRACTICE TEST: PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

PRACTICE TEST: PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

1. The phenomenon where higher expectations lead to an increase in performance has been labeled as ______.

A. Hawthorne Effect

B. Pygmalion Effect

C. Ripple Effect

D. Golem Effect

2. The cultivation of reflective and meditative skills in teaching is an influence of _____.

A. Taoism

B. Zen Buddhism

C. Confucianism

D. Shintoism

3. Theft of school equipment like TV, computer, etc. by teenagers in the community itself is becoming a common phenomenon. What does this incident signify?

          A. Inability of schools to hire security guards

          B. Community’s lack of sense of co-ownership

          C. Prevalence of drug users in the community

          D. Prevalence of poverty in the community

4. How can you exhibit legitimate power on the first day of school?

         

          A. By announcing your requirements for passing

          B. By demonstrating your mastery of the subject matter

          C. By telling the students how many students failed in your class

          D. By making your students feel they are accepted for who they are

5. Pedro exhibits fear response to freely roaming dogs but does not show fear when a dog is on a leash or confined to a pen. Which conditioning process is illustrated?

          A. Extinction

          B. Discrimination

          C. Generalization

          D. Habituation

6. Teacher Grace gave her first-grade class a page with a story in which pictures take the place of some words. Which method did she use?

          A. Spalding method

          B. Rebus method

          C. Spaulding method

          D. Language experience approach

7.  Based on Edgar Dale’s Cone of Experience, which activity is farthest from the real thing?

         

          A. Hear

          B. Read

          C. View images

          D. Attend exhibit

8. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against set mastery level. This means that NSAT and NEAT fall under ____.

          A. norm-referenced test

          B. criterion-referenced test

          C. intelligence test

          D. aptitude test

9. A teacher’s summary of a lesson serves the  following functions, EXCEPT

          A. It clinches the basic ideas or concepts of the lesson.

          B. It makes provisions for full participation of students.

          C. It brings together the information that has been discussed.

          D. It links the parts of the lesson.

10. In Krathwohl’s taxonomy of objectives in the affective, which is the most authentic?

          A. Organization

          B. Receiving

          C. Valuing

          D. Internalizing values

11. In which competency do my students find the greatest difficulty? In the item with a difficulty index of ____.

          A. 0.90

          B. 0.10

          C. 0.50

          D. 1.00

12. After giving an input on a good paragraph, Teacher Luisa asks her students to rate a given paragraph along the elements of a good paragraph. The students’ task is in level of ______.

          A. synthesis

          B. analysis

          C. application

          D. evaluation

13. Which is most implied by a negatively skewed score distribution?

          A. Most of the scores are high.

          B. Most of the scores are low.

          C. Most of the scores are evenly distributed from left to the right.

          D. Most pupils are achievers.

14. The distribution is positively skewed if the ________.

          A. median is higher than the mean

          B. mean is higher than the median

          C. mode is greater than the median

          D. mean is the same as the median

15. Teacher Luis is also the coach of the basketball team of his school. On the first day of the training session, he always sets up the rules of the training. What kind of power Teacher Luis demonstrates?

          A. referent power

          B. legitimate power

          C. coercive power

          D. expert power

16. Pedro is very attached to his mother and Maria to her father. In what developmental stage are they according to Freudian psychosexual theory?

          A. genital

          B. phallic

          C. anal

          D. latent

17. Behavior followed by pleasant consequences will be strengthened and will be more likely to occur in the future. Which one is explained?

          A. Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning Theory

          B. Skinner’s Operant Conditioning Theory

          C. Bandura’s Social Learning Theory

          D. Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory

18. “O God, if there is a God; save my soul, if I have a soul!” For whom is this prayer?

          A. Skeptic

          B. Agnostic

          C. Empiricist

          D. Stoic

19. The concepts of trust vs. maturity, autonomy vs. self-doubt, and initiative vs. guilt are most closely related with the works of ____.

          A. Jung

          B. Erikson

          C. Freud

          D. Piaget

20. Which behavioral term describes a lesson outcome in the highet level of Bloom’s cognitive domain?

          A. Create

          B. Evaluate

          C. Analyze

          D. Understand

21. Principal Santos tells her teachers that training in the humanities is most important. To which educational philosophy does he adhere?

          A. Essentialism

          B. Existentialism

          C. Progressivism

          D. Perennialism

22. In the Preamble of the Code of Ethics of Professional Teachers, which is NOT said of teachers?

          A. With high moral values as well as technical and professional competence

          B. LET passers

          C. Possess dignity and reputation

          D. Duly licensed professionals

23. Which is a sound classroom management practice?

          A. Apply rules and policies on a case to case basis.

          B. Establish routines for daily needs and tasks.

C. Avoid establishing routines.

D. Apply reactive approach to discipline.

24.     Rights and duties are correlative. This means that _______.

          A. Rights and duties ultimately come from God.

          B. Each right carries with it one or several corresponding duties.

          C. Rights and duties regulate the relationship of mean in society.

          D. Rights and duties arise from natural law.

25. Teacher Daisy wants to review and check on the lesson of the previous day. Which one will be most reliable?

          A. Reviewing explicitly the task-relevant information necessary for the day’s lesson.

          B. Sampling the understanding of a few students.

          C. Having students identify difficult homework problems.

          D. Having students correct each other’s work.

26. Buying lottery tickets is an example of what type of reinforcement schedule?

A. Fixed ratio

B. Variable ratio

C. Fixed Interval

D. Variable interval

27. Which illustrates a developmental approach in guidance and counseling?

          A. Teaching students how to interact in a positive manner

          B. Acting as a mediator

          C. Spotting on students in need of guidance

          D. Making the decision for the confused student

28. Out of 3 distracters in a multiple choice test item, namely B, C, and D, no pupil chose D as an answer. This implies that D is ______.

          A. an effective distracter

          B. an ineffective distracter

          C. a vague distracter

          D. a plausible distracter

29. From whom do we owe the theory of deductive interference as illustrated in syllogisms?

          A. Pythagoras

          B. Aristotle

          C. Plato

          D. Socrates

         

30. Hyphenating phone number is an example of _________.

          A. memory recall

          B. chunking

          C. memory loss

          D. sensory memory

31. Getting a free flight on a frequent flyer program after accumulating so many flights is an example of what type of reinforcement schedule?

         

          A. Variable ratio

B. Fixed ratio

C. Fixed Interval

D. Variable interval

32. “Wit-it-ness”, according to Jacob Kounin, is one of the characteristics of an effective classroom manager. Which phrase goes with it?

          A. Have mind packed with knowledge

          B. Have eyes on the back of your heads

          C. Have hands that write fast

          D. Have a mouth ready to speak

33.  What is the mean of this score distribution: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10?

          A.  6.0

          B.  6.5

          C.  7.0

          D.  7.5

34. Availment of the Philippine Education Placement Test (PEPT) for adults and out-of-school youths is in support of the government’s educational program towards _____.

          A. quality education

          B. equitable access

          C. relevance

          D. equality and relevance

35. Teacher Luis does norm-referenced interpretation of scores. Which of the following does he do?

          A. He describes what should be their performance.

          B. He compares every individual student’s score with others’ score.

          C. He uses a specified content as its frame of reference.

          D. He describes group performance in relation to a level of mastery set.

36. The scores of LET takers is an example of ____________ distribution.

          A. normal

          B. negatively skewed

          C. positively skewed

          D. continuous

37. On the first day of class, Teacher Lovely enumerated the penalties of late submission of assignments and projects. She demonstrated what kind of power?

          A. expert

          B. coercive

          C. reward

          D. referent

38. Manuel is inspired to attend his Mathematics class because Teacher Violet treated the class fairly. What kind of teacher power is exhibited?

          A. reward

          B. referent

          C. expert

          D. legitimate

39. Teacher Lucy told her students to keep quiet while she is in the Principal’s Office. She found out later that her class was very noisy. As a result, she gave extra assignments to the class. What did Teacher Lucy give to her students?

          A. Intermittent reinforcement

          B. Punishment

          C. Negative reinforcement

          D. Positive reinforcement

40. In negative reinforcement, a response or behavior is _______ by stopping, removing, or avoiding a negative outcome or aversive stimulus.

          A. removed

          B. strengthened

          C. lessened

          D. ignored

41. According to Freud’s Personality Theory, the _____ is 'like a man on horseback, who has to hold in check the superior strength of the horse’.

          A. Id

          B. Ego

          C. Superego

          D. pleasure drive

42. Which is a low-profile classroom technique?

          A. After school detention

          B. Raising the pitch of the voice

          C. Note to parents

          D. Withdrawal of privileges

43. The primary objective of my lesson is: To add similar fractions correctly. Before I can do this, I must first aim at this specific objective: To distinguish a numerator from a denominator. What kind of objective is the latter?

          A. Terminal

          B. Enabling

          C. Major

          D. Primary

44. John Watson said: Men are built not born. What does this statement point to?

          A. The effect of heredity

          B. The effect of environmental stimulation on a person’s development

          C. The ineffectiveness of training on a person’s development

          D. The absence of genetic influence on a person’s development

45. Which is an appropriate way to manage off-task behavior?

          A. Stop your class activity to correct a child who is no longer on task.

          B. Redirect a child’s attention to task and check his progress to make sure he is continuing to work.

          C. Move closer to the child.

          D. Make eye contact

46. Which is/are the sources of man’s intellectual drives, according to Freud?

          A. Id

          B. Id and Ego

          C. Ego

          D. Superego

47. During the Spanish period, what was/were the medium/media of instruction in schools?

          A. Tagalog

          B. Spanish and the Vernacular

          C. The Vernacular

          D. Spanish

48. Which is a true foundation of the social order?

          A. Strong political leadership

          B. The reciprocation of rights and duties

          C. Obedient and educated citizenry

          D. Equitable distribution of wealth

49. According to Bruner’s three modes of representation, in which stage/s are diagrams helpful to accompany verbal information?

          A. Enactive

          B. Iconic

          C. Symbolic

          D. Enactive and Symbolic

50.  You get a paid vacation after working at a company for one year is an example of ______ reinforcement schedule.

          A. Fixed Ratio

          B. Fixed Interval

          C. Variable Ratio

          D. Variable Interval

         

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          Correct Answers: ALL B